2022 population: 109,220
( 7,418 from 2010
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1,436 from 2020)
Land area: 672.5 square miles
Population density: 162.4 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 98,097 | 89.82% | ![]() |
Black: | 6,071 | 5.56% | ![]() |
Indian: | 188 | 0.17% | ![]() |
Asian: | 789 | 0.72% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 2,198 | 2.01% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 1,877 | 1.72% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 11,123 | 10.18% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 2,316 | 10.5 |
Deaths: | 3,899 | 17.6 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 108 | 0.5 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 18 | 0.1 |
Change in White population: | -8,079 | -6.9 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 661 | 0.6 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 50,916 | |
Median Value | $146,100 | |
Occupied | 45,890 | 90.1% |
Vacant | 5,026 | 9.9% |
Owned | 33,207 | 72.4% |
Rented | 12,683 | 27.6% |
Median Rent | $761 | |
Single-Family Units | 39,177 | 76.9% |
Detached | 37,762 | 74.2% |
Attached | 1,415 | 2.8% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 4,389 | 8.6% |
Mobile Homes | 3,909 | 7.7% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 2,347 | 5.1% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 2,415 | 5.3% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 2,339 | 5.1% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 2,381 | 5.2% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 2,558 | 5.6% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 2,260 | 4.9% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 1,966 | 4.3% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 1,996 | 4.3% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 1,868 | 4.1% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 3,659 | 8.0% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 4,452 | 9.7% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 5,824 | 12.7% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 4,752 | 10.4% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 2,559 | 5.6% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 2,718 | 5.9% |
$200,000 or more | 1,796 | 3.9% |
Median Household Income | 57,353 | |
Per Capita Income | 32,081 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 87 | |
Compared to U.S. | 80 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 3,651 | 8.0% |
Public Assistance | 1,723 | 3.8% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 8,115 | 17.7% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 44,078 | 66.2% |
Unemployed | 2,603 | 3.9% |
In Armed Forces | 213 | 0.3% |
Total Labor Force | 46,894 | 70.4% |
Not in Labor Force | 19,694 | 29.6% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 33.5% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 17,789 | 15,582 | 53.3% |
Non-Profit | 1,795 | 3,300 | 35.2% |
Self-Employed | 2,779 | 1,173 | 70.3% |
Local Government | 1,026 | 1,816 | 36.1% |
State Government | 797 | 907 | 46.8% |
Federal Government | 391 | 405 | 49.1% |
Total Private + Self | 20,568 | 16,755 | 55.1% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 4,009 | 6,428 | 38.4% |
Total | 24,577 | 23,183 | 51.5% |
Pct. Govt. | 11.2% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 5,493 | 11.5% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 10,013 | 20.9% |
Professional, Technical | 10,532 | 22.0% |
Service Occupations | 9,705 | 20.3% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 345 | 0.7% |
All others | 12,107 | 25.3% |
White Collar | 54.4% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 9,689 | 20.2% |
Manufacturing | 7,864 | 16.4% |
Retail trade | 5,631 | 11.8% |
Educational services | 4,197 | 8.8% |
Accommodation and food services | 3,278 | 6.9% |
Construction | 2,545 | 5.3% |
Other services | 2,179 | 4.6% |
Public administration | 1,927 | 4.0% |
Transportation and warehousing | 1,865 | 3.9% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 1,818 | 3.8% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 1,701 | 3.6% |
Finance and insurance | 1,631 | 3.4% |
Wholesale trade | 1,003 | 2.1% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 557 | 1.2% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 538 | 1.1% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 522 | 1.1% |
Information | 365 | 0.8% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 267 | 0.6% |
Utilities | 263 | 0.5% |
Management | 10 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 347 | 0.31% |
Puerto Rican | 708 | 0.64% |
Cuban | 71 | 0.06% |
Dominican | 171 | 0.15% |
Total Central American | 58 | 0.05% |
Costa Rican | 3 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 45 | 0.04% |
Honduran | 8 | 0.01% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 2 | 0.00% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 88 | 0.08% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 11 | 0.01% |
Ecuadorian | 75 | 0.07% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 2 | 0.00% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 325 | 0.29% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 212 | 0.19% |
Chinese | 196 | 0.18% |
Indian | 143 | 0.13% |
Korean | 54 | 0.05% |
Thai | 53 | 0.05% |
Vietnamese | 39 | 0.04% |
Indonesian | 21 | 0.02% |
Hmong | 11 | 0.01% |
Taiwanese | 8 | 0.01% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 101,360 | 96.2% |
German, other Germanic | 1,951 | 1.9% |
Spanish | 880 | 0.8% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 331 | 0.3% |
Other Indo-European | 198 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 138 | 0.1% |
Tagalog | 117 | 0.1% |
Other Asian | 80 | 0.1% |
Chinese | 79 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 25,812 | 23.3% |
Irish | 16,882 | 15.3% |
Italian | 11,702 | 10.6% |
English | 10,818 | 9.8% |
American | 7,448 | 6.7% |
Polish | 5,743 | 5.2% |
Scotch-Irish | 2,679 | 2.4% |
Slovak | 2,634 | 2.4% |
Scottish | 2,400 | 2.2% |
Dutch | 2,019 | 1.8% |
Hungarian | 1,825 | 1.7% |
Welsh | 1,801 | 1.6% |
European | 1,318 | 1.2% |
French | 1,263 | 1.1% |
Croatian | 1,072 | 1.0% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 110,248 | 99.7% |
Not a citizen | 352 | 0.3% |
Native | 108,787 | 98.4% |
Foreign-born | 1,813 | 1.6% |
Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
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< 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
2,516 | 3.2% | 4,977 | 6.3% | 32,261 | 40.9% | 20,154 | 25.5% | 12,182 | 15.4% | 6,839 | 8.7% |
Average years of education: 13.2 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 2,516 | 3.2% |
9-12 Years | 4,977 | 6.3% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 32,261 | 40.9% |
Some College | 20,154 | 25.5% |
Bach. Degree | 12,182 | 15.4% |
Grad Degree | 6,839 | 8.7% |
Average years of education: 13.2 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 53,615 | 50,666 | 2,949 | 5.5% | 5.5% |
1991 | 55,090 | 51,076 | 4,014 | 7.3% | 6.9% |
1992 | 56,373 | 51,315 | 5,058 | 9.0% | 7.5% |
1993 | 55,239 | 49,444 | 5,795 | 10.5% | 6.9% |
1994 | 55,261 | 51,360 | 3,901 | 7.1% | 6.3% |
1995 | 55,325 | 52,519 | 2,806 | 5.1% | 5.9% |
1996 | 56,326 | 53,746 | 2,580 | 4.6% | 5.5% |
1997 | 57,542 | 54,529 | 3,013 | 5.2% | 5.1% |
1998 | 58,456 | 55,949 | 2,507 | 4.3% | 4.7% |
1999 | 59,000 | 55,984 | 3,016 | 5.1% | 4.5% |
2000 | 56,822 | 53,961 | 2,861 | 5.0% | 4.2% |
2001 | 55,799 | 52,827 | 2,972 | 5.3% | 4.8% |
2002 | 55,516 | 52,395 | 3,121 | 5.6% | 5.6% |
2003 | 55,586 | 52,138 | 3,448 | 6.2% | 5.7% |
2004 | 55,179 | 51,701 | 3,478 | 6.3% | 5.4% |
2005 | 55,714 | 52,210 | 3,504 | 6.3% | 5.0% |
2006 | 55,411 | 52,285 | 3,126 | 5.6% | 4.7% |
2007 | 55,488 | 52,304 | 3,184 | 5.7% | 4.6% |
2008 | 55,709 | 51,961 | 3,748 | 6.7% | 5.3% |
2009 | 54,733 | 48,681 | 6,052 | 11.1% | 8.0% |
2010 | 53,432 | 48,497 | 4,935 | 9.2% | 8.2% |
2011 | 53,227 | 49,126 | 4,101 | 7.7% | 7.8% |
2012 | 53,825 | 49,847 | 3,978 | 7.4% | 7.7% |
2013 | 53,551 | 49,806 | 3,745 | 7.0% | 7.1% |
2014 | 53,015 | 49,868 | 3,147 | 5.9% | 5.9% |
2015 | 53,022 | 50,077 | 2,945 | 5.6% | 5.4% |
2016 | 52,607 | 49,502 | 3,105 | 5.9% | 5.3% |
2017 | 50,661 | 47,851 | 2,810 | 5.5% | 5.0% |
2018 | 49,952 | 47,516 | 2,436 | 4.9% | 4.4% |
2019 | 49,073 | 46,627 | 2,446 | 5.0% | 4.5% |
2020 | 48,048 | 43,397 | 4,651 | 9.7% | 9.1% |
2021 | 48,229 | 44,991 | 3,238 | 6.7% | 6.0% |
2022 | 47,778 | 45,389 | 2,389 | 5.0% | 4.4% |
2023 | 47,803 | 45,998 | 1,805 | 3.8% | 3.4% |